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    Image of Aces_Over_Kings Aces_Over_Kings
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    A lot of these practices are directly gleaned from how the government handles and secures classified information.


    In a previous life as an Army intelligence analyst, I worked in a secure, compartmented information facility (SCIF). We had the red siren lights, electromagnetically sealed door, MP sitting outside, periodic "sanitizations" where everything had to be identified and filed, even if you were just going to pull the same file again once the area was sanitized, etc.


    It makes sense, but it's still funny to think of the cell phone market in such a serious, cut-throat, high-stakes manner.

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    Image of Osas Faluyi Osas Faluyi
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    I wonder what Giz's take on this story would be if this was being done by a Chinese company. OMGZZ Humenz rightZ Abuses!!!111
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/23/09

    @Osas Faluyi: what are you talking about?
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    HocusCadabra! AbracaPocus!
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    Image of Adam Scott Paul Adam Scott Paul
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    Ya... you even have to scan your thumb using a Biometric reader just to get into their Ad Agency!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    06/23/09

    @Adam Scott Paul: Awesome, so it's easy to get in then. Let me go mix up some gelatin.
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    Image of jdale jdale
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    Cloaks are totally comfortable and practical, maybe with this they will come back into style.
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    Image of Save me Save me
    06/23/09

    @jdale: You could trip yourself in one of those. Bath robes on the other hand would be better.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    06/23/09

    @jdale: Perhaps like capes?
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    Image of EBone EBone
    06/23/09

    @Save me: Bathrobes have the nasty habit of revealing your junk unless you sit just right.


    Oh, you meant *over* you clothes? Never mind.

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    Image of SilenceisGolden SilenceisGolden
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    Im telling you! Satanic Cult! Their logo is a Bitten Apple!! All of you who own an Iphone have the mark of the Beast!!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    06/23/09

    @SilenceisGolden: It's iPhone. Lower case "i", upper case "P".
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    Image of cyberwiz01 cyberwiz01
    06/23/09

    @JerseyCam.orgFounder_GitEmSteveDave: On that note, how exactly would one use "iPhone" at the beginning of a sentence?
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    Image of BigCementPigeon BigCementPigeon
    06/23/09

    @cyberwiz01: "That doesn't make any sense. Sorry; there's no known way of saying an English sentence in which you begin a sentence with 'iPhone' and capitalize it. Get me a jury and show me how you can say "IPhone", and I'll go down on you. That's just idiotic, if you'll forgive me by saying so. That's just stupid, "IPhone"; I'd love to know how you emphasize 'i' in "iPhone"...impossible! Meaningless!"
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    06/23/09

    @BigCementPigeon: Hehe. You said Orson.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    Does "cloak" refer to that black sheet-like garment that the guy is wearing? Is this some kind of strange backwards Snuggie?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    Well, when I worked in a mail room, I had 4 cameras on me at all times in a room which was at most 20x20, and required three different badge swipes to get into.


    Do the product testing rooms have windows into which something could be seen/glanced?

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    Image of Jeremy Jeremy
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Internal Secrecy Protocol Is Ridiculous
    I've seen the same thing in advertising companies. Especially when upcoming promotions and new products are being announced. It's wild.
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    05/07/09

    In reply to Missile Defense Top Secrets Found in Hard Drives Sold on Ebay
    It could be a unauthorized copy. DOD, actually all data above a certain level, is to be erased, de gaussed, and then spiked by this neat hydraulic press.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/07/09

    @DeadWriter: Was from Lockheed Martin, not the DOD directly.
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    05/07/09

    In reply to Missile Defense Top Secrets Found in Hard Drives Sold on Ebay
    You WILL NOT believe how hard is to find a degausser this days!
    I lost my primary drive at home 2 weeks ago due to a Seagate Firmware problem on the 7200.11 series.
    The drive is inaccesible by the motherboard and I need to return it to Dell (without destroying it) or get charged the core ($140).
    So I though Degauss it Baby!.
    NO SIREE BOB... I have called literally hundreds of places in the LA area and NONE have one.
    Lucky for me I found a place in San Marino that makes Degaussers and will do it for $25. (for a 1 second EMP pulse.... ouch)
    You have no idea how many idiots I have talked to on the phone that say: Can you just format it?.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/07/09

    @aec007: Why didn't you just open the drive and apply magnets directly to the platters themselves. Or bring it down to a scrap yard and offer the crane operator $10 to let you tape the drive to his lifting magnet and turn it on for ten seconds?


    A safety razor blade is great, BTW, for lifting up the label on hard drives w/out destroying the stickers.

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    Image of alexvanduyn alexvanduyn
    05/07/09

    @SpaceBatCowboy_GitEmSteveDave: Uh, a magent that large will not only erase the data, but flaten the drive, there is such a thing as too much magnetism!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/07/09

    @alexvanduyn: It will not "flatten" the drive. What cartoon world do you live in?


    @gqcarrick: If you are good+careful, then no, they will never find out. It's how I have opened boxes and linksys routers w/o breaking the seal(Linksys security stickers are a bitch)


    @JohnS1111: I guess, but it's not "destroying it", like a drill would.

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    Image of alexvanduyn alexvanduyn
    05/07/09

    @SpaceBatCowboy_GitEmSteveDave: Ok, maybe not flatten, but it will reek havoc on the internal parts to make it inoperable.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/07/09

    @alexvanduyn: It's already dead. He wants to wipe all the data on it. This would do that in spades and not have to open the case.
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Missile Defense Top Secrets Found in Hard Drives Sold on Ebay
    Yay HIPAA violations!
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/07/09

    In reply to Missile Defense Top Secrets Found in Hard Drives Sold on Ebay
    How do we know its all part of an operation to release "disinformation"?
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    Image of The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist
    05/07/09

    In reply to Missile Defense Top Secrets Found in Hard Drives Sold on Ebay
    I have a disassembled drive that I use to retrieve information off the plate of dead drives for people. It's usually family pic's and regular documents, very little porn surprisingly, so use an electromagnet on the drive, smash it and destroy it with fire...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/07/09

    @Hiroak: How do you deal with the balance issues and differences in platter thickness and the different makers info that is sometimes stored at the beginning of the drive?
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    Image of cudthecrud cudthecrud
    05/07/09

    @SpaceBatCowboy_GitEmSteveDave: he doesn't do what he says he does, just wanted to be cool.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/07/09

    @cudthecrud: @kurupt: I figured as much, but I like to call people on their claims. I'm a hit as psychic fairs. Shivering and saying, "Damn all this cold reading is making my nips stand out like a turkey thermometer".
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    Image of Lev_Astov Lev_Astov
    11/11/08

    In reply to US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
    Is this supposed to be news? I thought everyone knew about how the US flew constant flights over the arctic for constant readiness against nuclear war. The lost bomb is news to me, though.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    11/11/08

    @Lev_Astov: In theory the US can't fly nuclear weapons over Danish territory or any other country in the EU. The news part is the missing bomb, hence the headline.
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